Date:         Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:35:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vinyl repair
Comments: To: Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4E98B17E-66EF-4D66-999B-8ACB7CE6BE68@vickersdesign.com>
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Hi Jeff
VLP will make it look like a repair and it will show and it will make it impossible to repair for a Pro.
I recommend hitting the local used car lots and plead with the sales person to give you the name and number of the local vinyl repair guy. alot of time it is a
Mobile guy and if you can find out where he will be in your area on any certain day you can be there to have him make a couple extra cash bones on the
side. If you want to pay big just have him come to you for the one repair.
If one dealer says get lost go to another that someone had purchased a new car from and tap them for info.
Since a Door panel is usually a low stress gig and it is a Clean Tear or cut it will be easier to repair. Sometimes they only melt it back into shape then Grain it
with heat then spray it with low luster mist to kill the shine of the repair.
I sell fix all vinyl kits over the counter and most dont work but for 8.00 customers like to try. Ive actually sold out of them and do not restock any longer.
C-ya
Jonce

>Does anyone have any experience with repairing door panel vinyl?
>There's lots of kits out there but I'm skeptical. I have a hole about
>the size of a nickel in a door panel that I'd like to repair. Its near
>the top of the panel so I can peel the vinyl back and get to the back
>of the hole if that makes it easier. I have extra vinyl to patch the
>hole with but how do I hide the repair's edges? Does that VLP stuff
>really work and "melt" the area around the repair well enough that it
>doesn't look like a half-arsed repair? Send it to a pro or give it a go?

>Jeff /San Anselmo


Jonce Fancher

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